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Nuda in un promo:scandalo in tv Usa
Si spoglia davanti a star del football

Non si sono ancora placate le polemiche per il seno scoperto da Janet Jackson al Super Bowl, che sulla tv Usa va in onda un'altra scena da "bollino rosso". Questa volta durante il promo che ha introdotto una partita della National Football League, girato negli spogliatoi. Protagonisti: una stella degli Eagles e un'attrice vestita solo di un asciugamano, che immediatamente scivola verso terra. Convincendo il campione a rimandare l'ingresso in campo...

E' lunedì sera quando, di fronte agli occhi degli allibiti tifosi sintonizzati sulla Abc per gustarsi il "monday night" giocato dai Dallas Cowboys e dai Philadelphia Eagles, va in onda il promo incriminato. Pochi minuti girati prima del fischio di inizio e in cui viene inquadrato Terrell Owens, stella degli Eagles, solo nello spogliatoio con Nicollette Sheridan, una delle protagoniste della serie Desperate Housewives trasmessa dalla rete.

Un'avvenente attrice bionda vestita, per l'occasione, soltanto con un candido asciugamano, di cui decide ben presto di sbarazzarsi... Rimasta nuda, e ripresa di spalle dalla vita in su, Nicollette si getta tra le braccia del giocatore, "convinto" così a posticipare il suo ingresso in campo. Il promo si chiude con l'immagine di altre due star della serie televisiva che ha reso famosa la Sheridan, sedute davanti alla tv e impegnate a commentare il siparietto.

Immagini che hanno choccato i tifosi e che hanno riportato immediatamente alla memoria quelle di un altro recente scandalo. Allora nel mirino era finita la Cbs: nove mesi fa, nell'intervallo del Super Bowl Janet Jackson finì il suo show con un seno scoperto. Risultato: centralini intasati da telespettatori infuriati e network multato di 550.000 dollari dalla Federal Communications Commission.

E nemmeno questa volta il pubblico sportivo sintonizzato ha gradito. "Molti telespettatori si sono lamentati per il segmento d'apertura del "monday night" e siamo d'accordo che la collocazione fosse inappropriata", ha dichiarato in una nota la rete televisiva, scusandosi di aver trasformato ancora una volta lo sport Usa in uno spettacolo a luci rosse...

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Owens apologizes for role in MNF skit
Dan Gelston / Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Terrell Owens apologized Thursday (Nov 18) to anyone offended by his role in a steamy segment with actress Nicollette Sheridan for the intro to "Monday Night Football."

Monday Night Mayhem

"I felt like it was clean, the organization felt like it was a clean skit and I think it just really got taken out of context with a lot of people and I apologize for that," Owens said. "Personally I didn't think it would have offended anyone and, if it did, I apologize."

ABC and the Eagles also apologized this week, with the team saying they wished the segment "hadn't aired."

The opening, which has generated complaints to ABC and the Federal Communications Commission, showed Sheridan wearing only a towel and provocatively asking Owens to skip the game for her as the two stood alone in a locker room. She drops the towel and jumps into Owens' arms.

Owens had no idea the intro would create such a backlash.

"I thought it was a fun skit and that was it," Owens said.

Owens, a flashy player known for his outrageous touchdown celebrations, seemed to believe the skit was generating controversy because of his participation, not because of simulated nudity.

"Anything I get involved with, I'm obviously a target," he said. "It happened."

Reaction has ranged from amusement to anger. Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy found it racially offensive; Owens is black and Sheridan is white.

Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb wasn't quite as vocal, saying he didn't find the segment offensive and believed people were overreacting. Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC, questioned ABC's judgment in airing the scene.

When asked if he was shocked the story was making the front page of newspapers around the country, Owens quipped, "I always make the front page."

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ABC apologizes for Monday Night intro
Associated Press


NEW YORK (AP) - ABC apologized Tuesday for a steamy intro to "Monday Night Football" after receiving complaints from viewers and the NFL.

The spot featured a naked Nicollette Sheridan jumping into the arms of Terrell Owens.

Before the Philadelphia-Dallas game, ABC showed Owens and Sheridan in an empty locker room in an attempt to spoof the network hit "Desperate Housewives." Sheridan, who stars in the show, was wearing only a towel and provocatively asked Owens to skip the game for her.

After she dropped her towel, he agreed to be late for the contest and hugged her. Then the shot panned out to two more stars of "Desperate Housewives," Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman, watching the scene unfold on a television and commenting on desperate women.

"We have heard from many of our viewers about last night's MNF opening segment and we agree that the placement was inappropriate," ABC said in a statement. "We apologize."

The NFL called the intro "inappropriate and unsuitable for our 'Monday Night Football' audience."

"While ABC may have gained attention for one of its other shows, the NFL and its fans lost," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.

The Eagles said they appreciated ABC apologizing for the segment.

"It is normal for teams to cooperate with ABC in the development of an opening for its broadcast," the team said. "After seeing the final piece, we wish it hadn't aired."

ABC has broadcast "Monday Night Football" with a 5-second delay this season, a precaution after Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at February's Super Bowl.

At halftime of New England's win over Carolina in the Super Bowl, Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Jackson's brassiere, exposing her right breast to a TV audience of some 90 million. The Super Bowl was broadcast on CBS, which was subsequently fined a record $550,000 by the FCC.